On Jan 17, 12:56*am, John Smith wrote:
On 1/16/2011 9:41 PM, bpnjensen wrote:

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Do you have above ground power in your area?

Is it possible you are in an area where a "ground loop" is occurring?
How often are the poles grounded? *I have seen every pole grounded and
some installations where only 1 out of five poles are grounded ... this
can result in noise ... indeed, tremendous currents can circulate though
the ground ...

Regards,
JS

That could be a really atrocious scenario, indeed.